Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-03
A TOUCHING APPEAL.
A whole Community lmprts0 ned
by a Wire Fence.

by W1re r emCes
EDITORS HERALD:-Pasadena's longes
and grandest avenue is cut in two in the
middle with piece of barbed wire. Il
is the Pasadena, Crescenta and San Fer
nando avenue. This cut is in that sec.
tion of the avenue known as Michigan
avenue, and is about mile east of Cres.
centa. The avenue is absolutely closed.
1t is a severe blow to travel. The trav.
eler arrives at one side of the wire on
his way to Pasadena and is told the
latest news. The latest news is that the
beautiful, easy road straight on six miles
to Pasadena is not his road to Pasadena,
but that his road to Pasadena is the tor
tuous, steep and stony ten miles, way up
by the base of the Sierra Madre noun
tains. He has no heart to swear. The
case is 80 new aud interesting that,
although the heart throbs on,
the cuss words pause to re-
fleet. A traveller arrives at
the other side of the piece Of barbed
wire on his way to Crescenta. He gets
the latest news also. The latest news is
that the beautiful, easy road, straight on
about a mile to Crescenta is not his road
to Crescenta, but that his road to Cres-
centa is the tortuous, steep and stony
three miles, way up by the base OF the
Sierra Madre Mountains. Siugularly
enough, he too has no heart to swear.
But he may happen to be shifty sort
of genius, and looks around for a
jumping pole, for he has concluded to
abandon his cavalry, chariot and bag.
gage, and, at one long jump. be in
Crescenta. He soon discovers that
jumping poles and barbed wire don't
grow up together, and so he fails up to
the mountains, the horses on cruel
sleeps despairing, and then tumbles
down into Crescenta, the wheels on
shivered boulders harshly turning.
1t is aggravating, distressing and pc.
culiar. Peculiar, because the county at
an expense of thousands of dollars had
just finished four bridges across four
deep, yawning barrancas, all close by |
the piece of barbed wire. Peculiar, be-
cause these four new and expensive |
bridges are now only used by
one man. Peculiar, because the county
has practically built four bridges
for one man-four long, lofty |
bridges. Peculiar, because the bridges
made way for the reduction of the dis.
tance between Pasadena and Crescenta
from ten horse.murdering miles to six
easy, horse.savipg miles. Peculiar, be:
cause a piece of barbed wire increases thel
distance between Pasadena and Crescenta
from six easy, horse-saving miles, 10 ten
bard horse. numbering miles. Peculiar, be.
cause the community is at white heat,
Ind because La Canada valley is a fur.
,ace heated seven times hotter, and yet
The boss of that piece of barbed wire
walks through the furnace, the hair of
MS head all the same as the hair of the
immortal Abednego. Startling, astound-
ng, stupendous, damnable and peculiar,
because the boss of that piece of barbed
wire don't tumble to the sublime for
,earRnce of his white.hot neighbors, and
lat in hand say, here good neighbors is
ny penitent barb, and there is your
,arbless road; at the same time breaking
,ut like a sanctified locomotive, and
inging clear up to the summit Of heav.
IN, as follows: 'Glory to Daniels God
n the highest; for tine kindness of the
,eople. my neighbors, was with me
when ii was heated seven times hotter"
The Eastern liar, when he tries to
,utlie himself, says California is law
ess. The measureless magDificence of
he Eastern liar is partially revealed in
he light of the white holiness around
hat piece of barbed wire and in this,
hat although all Canada valley is
flame, the gossamer cobweb of law is
lot siuged. To-day a conservative In.
Llama lawyer said that piece of barbed
wire would not be much OF a success across
n Indiana road, law or no law. To-day
mother lawyer said that Puritans' New
Gpgland would take care of that piece
# barbed wire in the first place, and
everence the law in the second place.
appeal to Caesar. Tom Rowan is my
Jsasar. l appeal to Toms co.Ceasars;
lamely, the statuesque and Senatorial
Martin; deep and perennially flowing
Ienable, hope-inspiring Macy and all
he other Caesars grand of the county's
uperb supervisoral galaxy.
And now, all ye Caesars answer me at
'nce: Don't you want that piece OF
,arbed wire? SPANGLE.